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vince  ·  2918 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What's entertaining you this week?

Getting ready to purchase the play-through game "Inside" on Xbox One after two people independently recommended it to me.

vince  ·  2918 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: November 30, 2016

Hey, graduated from Towson. Good luck Tiger.

vince  ·  2917 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Someone Accessed Silk Road Operator’s Account While Ross Ulbricht Was in Jail

    “We got six terabytes of information, and they were was no real way we could review all of that data in the time period allowed before trial,” [Dratel] said.

Should've used the FBI.

vince  ·  4223 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why Sleep Deprivation Eases Depression

And CPA exams :(

vince  ·  4335 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Yesterday and today - two views of Machu Picchu.

A friend did a volunteer medical trip to Peru this past year. Interesting tidbit I came across for those who've never heard - if you turn these pictures on their side, some of the features of a face can be seen. The tallest mountain is the nose.

Granted, the following painting was used with a little creative license.

vince  ·  4342 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I graduated with a Bachelor's degree today.

More like my life according the Sarbanes-Oxley act. Auditing should be... interesting.

vince  ·  4342 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I graduated with a Bachelor's degree today.

Haha yeah it will be a short-lived break... once the transcript is finalized, I'll be neck deep in studying for the CPA. I just keep telling myself it'll be worth it.

vince  ·  4346 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Wilco-"A Shot in the Arm" from "Summerteeth"

I probably have to go with Summerteeth as my favorite album. So many good ones on there -- I kinda go through cycles of which songs on the album I'm loving. Definitely going to check out the Cline video though, thanks for the share.

vince  ·  4346 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ralphie May (Full Length) - Just Correct

Glad you like it! I'll be sure to post more standup.

vince  ·  4347 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Very Basic Strategy Game For 2 Players

It sounds like a close variation of an old game called "War" that I played as a kid with my grandparents.

vince  ·  4347 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: C.S. Lewis

Likewise, a significant portion of the population has exceedingly taken to liking negative attention through drama. Facebook and other forms of social media have, in my opinion, exacerbated the problem.

vince  ·  4347 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Netbooks will no longer be made in 2013

Tablets are the new king. Been really thinking about picking up a Surface when it's available.

vince  ·  4347 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Japan’s Population Falls by Record in 2012 as Births Decrease

I'm not sure where I read it, but I remember seeing an article about how a significant portion of their late teen population identifies as being not attracted to either gender.

vince  ·  4347 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I'm one dot away from filling up my first hub wheel.

Maybe some Den of Thieves or even Gramatik? But if we start talking about tags, I have a feeling some Metallica might get mixed in.

vince  ·  4347 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Dear hubski, I just smoked my first cigarette in almost a year and a half.

    That's because the difference between addiction and freedom is repeated action.

What a great, concise, poignant way of putting it. Bravo. If I had a badge, I'd give it to you.

    And, by some estimates, only about 25 percent of cable customers actually watch ESPN on a regular basis. So if you unbundled ESPN, the per-subscriber cost might shoot up to $20 or more, to account for the 75 percent drop in its customer base.

That's the most important part. The companies providing the channels wouldn't want this to happen either, not just the cable companies.

vince  ·  4350 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Study Says Carbon Nanotubes as Dangerous as Asbestos

Wasn't really trying to say it was. Tagged it under #science. Just thought it was an interesting article.

vince  ·  4350 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Of AI, the Singularity and rainstorms: A thought experiment

Wow. For lack of a better a better word, that sounds "heavy." As soon as I finish A Storm of Swords, I'm on it!

vince  ·  4350 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Of AI, the Singularity and rainstorms: A thought experiment

    How easy would it be for an intelligent bacteria to notice people as integral entities? We might appear more as slow storms moving into the bacterial environment. If we are relying solely on the human perspective to validate machine consciousness, we're really only putting human-ness on an even higher pedestal than it might have been at the start of our thought experiment.

That part struck me the most. Thinking of consciousness from another perspective is an entirely new/interesting concept for me. Considering the length of time bacteria has been around, bacteria might interpret humans as we interpret other Earth cycles, like the Ice Age.

vince  ·  4350 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Agree or Disagree: Social media do more harm than good

Agree.

When it first started out, I believe it did more good then harm. If the current benefits of social media (speed of information, interconnected networks, etc.) could be limited to things like news reporting or emergency services notification, it'd be great.

IMHO, for the vast majority of current users, it serves as a platform to expose the rest of the world to their problems and enables their need for attention. I've heard far to many stories of families and friends ruining relationships because of social media, not to mention jobs and celebrities.

However that's not to say there aren't any benefits now - for example, I love being able to see pictures from friends and family. I just don't agree with the stream-of-consciousness that it has become.

vince  ·  4351 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How do you discover new music?

So you're saying that an invite is necessary in order to use the site?

vince  ·  4350 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Chrome is blocking twitpic as "malware"

Your tags get me every time.

vince  ·  4351 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Where do you get your news?

Google News.

vince  ·  4351 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Do we have any musicians on Hubski?

Yup! Guitar.

A little non-traditional, but oh well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzdrwupmlP8

vince  ·  4352 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Dalton Caldwell: Some thoughts on organizational complexity

    If a startup gets 100x more traffic, then the organization is faced with an immediate, overwhelming amount of work required to keep their service operating. So the startup spends time creating a more sophisticated hosting setup, or implements database sharding, or hires someone with an expertise in scaling.

How have you dealt with increases in traffic, mk? Or is that a question better suited towards thenewgreen? Funny enough, I ran into a 502 Bad Gateway earlier today trying to surf Hubski. Not sure if it's tied to the recent influx of users.

vince  ·  4351 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How is a tag recommended/added to another's post?

This is all I see:

Am I looking in the wrong place?

vince  ·  4353 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Hubski Band: What musical instrument do you play?

I appreciate the kind words! First video is DACFCE, and the second is standard. I do have them up on youtube but they didn't do so hot, haha.

vince  ·  4352 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Unbuilt monuments of the world

The Golden Gate bridge...oof. Thank god that didn't materialize.

vince  ·  4353 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Where are/did you going to college?

I did, actually. Got a great internship this past summer with a "Big 4" accounting firm, and they extended me an offer for next fall. Pretty excited!

vince  ·  4353 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Where are/did you going to college?

That's exactly how long it took for me. 150 credits sucked. Now for the CPA exam.